Re: I want to install lenny from scratch
On 6/7/07, arijit <arijit.2612@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all,
I am almost new to debian. I was using ubuntu before but due to crashes I switched to debian recently ("etch" is my first debian experience). After using etch I found it as the most stable linux OS I have ever used.
Recently I was looking in the debian forum. I came to know that "lenny" is almost as stable as "etch" and also it has latest packages. So I want to use "lenny" instead of "etch".
My question is, "I want to install "lenny" from scratch. Is it possible that I install a bare minimum system from my "etch" DVD and then I install packages from "lenny" repositores?
If yes, then what are the steps I have to follow?
After you've finished the installation, edit your
/etc/apt/sources.list file and make the entries there point to lenny
instead of etch. Follow that up with an aptitude update and an
aptitude dist-upgrade to upgrade to the newer packages in lenny.
Before you do that, however, you should take a look through the debian
reference manual and note the difference between the 'stable'
(currently etch) and 'testing' (currently lenny) distributions.
The reference is linked from the www.debian.org home page.
--
Kushal
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